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Pauni

Pauni proper noun: the tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.

Proper noun

Pauni

  1. The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.

Forms of Pauni

alternative formPayni
alternative formPaÿni

Origin of Pauni

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παϋνί (Paüní), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni).

Questions about Pauni

What does Pauni mean?
Pauni means the tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.
What part of speech is Pauni?
Pauni is a proper noun.

Words near Pauni in the dictionary

  1. paunchways
  2. paunchy
  3. paune
  4. Paunee
  5. Paunees
  6. Pauni
  7. paunsway
  8. paunsways
  9. pauper
  10. pauper's field
  11. pauper's funeral

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